Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-20
iRABI0 0RANGEMEN
Attempt to Break up the Toronto
Mass Meeting With In
different Success.
Boston's Recognition OF tn,
Great Cattle Industry of
the Northwest.
O'BRIEN IN TORONTO.
Rowdyism Of the Orangeman and the Cut.
ting Remarks of O'Brien.


ting Remarks Of O'Brien.
At Toronto in the Queens park a
great demonstration took place on
Tuesday evening last, the occasion
being the address of the famous Irish
agitator. Opening speech was made
and Mr., O'Brien replied omid tremen.
dous applause and the speech was in.
terrupted continually by the hootings
Of the Orangemen. Never in the his.
tory OF the Belfast riots was there a
scene OF more disgraceful rowdyism
exhibited than that shown in Queens
park when the crowd of Toronto
OraDgemen attempted to storm tn 1,
platform, and failing In that, 10 choke
off all possibility Of Mr.. O'Brien be-
ing heard by keeping up q continual
groaning, Kissing and cries Of God
save the Queen" and Rule Britain
Ia" IL was 4 o'clock when the
crowd had about fully collected, and
it then seemed fair estimate TO set
the number present at 1900. Many
of the banks in the city were closed,
and the students in the university
were let loose. Many Of these, with
crowds Of desperate looking roughs
whose only glory in lite seemed to be
row and riot, were organized in COM
pact band, and excited little suspicion,
because they said not word until
their time had come. The fret dem
oustration came from a solitary man
at the left of the platform, who stood
on the stump Of tree and began
grosning at the meeting and at those
on the platform as though his life de-
pended on the effect. Near him was
woman waving green branch In
her hand, and no sooner had she seen
the obstreperous Orangeman than che
ran the butt Of the twig down his
throat, which etfectuslly choked off
the disturber amid storm OF applause.
A rush was made for the woman, but
she was among her frienos and surg
ing wave of thousands drove back her
would lie assailants. At this moment
Mr.. O'Brien entered the park in a
carriage. One hundred and fifty
policemen, in charge Of Lieutenant
Colonel Garassett, were scattered
through the crowd or drawn up In
file on the outskirts. Sergeant ,:ey-
mour was in charge OF squad of
mounted police. and when the dis.
turbance and attempted breaking up
of the meeting took place, they most
determinedly took their place aud re-
msiued there from the beginning to
the end of both Mr.. o. Brien's and
Mr.. Kilbrde's speeches. The police
men quietly folded their arms aud
said not word. In all, the actual
disturbers did not number more than
sixty persons and many of them were
armed with sticks. Two sycamore
trees in rent of the platform were
taken possession Of by II crowd OF
young roughs who
KISSED IN THE SPEAKERS FACE
during the greater part Of the time
until few powerful men among the
Nationalist caught hold Of the trunks
of the trees and shook the disturbers
to the ground This seemed to anger
the Orangemen, who Knocked down
/ two or three of the Nationalists with
their clubs. The Nationalist in re-
turn used their fists quite freely. Po'
lice inspector Archibald and Deputy
Chief stuart, in company with Colo
mel Crossett smiled in good natured
way and used no efforts to drive of
the rowdies who pressed with al
their might to reach the front Of tn,
platform, but in vain. With the ex
ception of couple Of policemen on
horseback no attempt was made to in
terfere.with the rioters. Represents
tives Of American newspapers whC
surrounded O'Brien on the platform
were plying their pencils vigorously
Presently the oraDgemen, by one su
preme effort, were nearly gaining
their point by displacing the National
lists and reaching the front Of tn,
platform when the Americans sig.
nailed 10 the Nationalists 20 keep
their iplaces, This suggestion, was
entirely in the interest OF peace, be-
cause II the 0rangemen had reached
that spot bloody time would certain
ly have ensued. So sngered were
some Of the policemen on the platform
that they threatened to throw them
head over heels to the ground II they
attempted any such signal again. The
Orangemen set up two stump speakers
to talk nj the same time las O'Brien.